Brigette Shone

Brigette specialises in commercial litigation. She regularly advises clients on consumer law, media, privacy, data and intellectual property issues, amongst others. Brigette has wide ranging dispute resolution experience from mediation and arbitration to the full spectrum of the courts.

Brigette's recent experience includes acting and advising:

• on consumer law issues including unfair contract terms and unconscionability;

• in Fair Trading Act proceedings in the High Court around "greenwashing" claims;

• in threatened injunction proceedings around media publication of sensitive personal information;

• a multinational telecommunications company in the Human Rights Review Tribunal on issues involving compatibility between New Zealand and Chinese technologies;

• in multiple High Court proceedings involving the unauthorised use of valuable intellectual property and breach of confidence issues;

• on a range of privacy law matters including around new offerings by social media providers;

• on the media publication of dark web information found following a significant data breach;

• on a wide range of commercial intellectual property matters, including the acquisition of Westpac Life by Fidelity Life.

LLB (Hons), BA (International Relations and Political Science), Victoria University of Wellington.

Brigette is recognised for Intellectual Property in the Best Lawyers® 2024 New Zealand Guide and in the Legal 500 Asia-Pacific 2021 Guide. Brigette received a New Zealand Jurisdiction award in the ITR Rising Stars Awards 2022 APAC for her work in Litigation and Copyright. She was a finalist Rising Star for Intellectual Property at the Asia Women in Business Law Awards for 2020-2023.

Brigette co-authored the New Zealand Trends and Developments section of Chambers' Trade Secrets Global Practice Guide 2022.